Very reassuring that mock-ups look less natural. I also made a lot of them in Microsoft paint and 8cm always looks extreme for femur but 5cm looked most natural.
Would your opinion be that you look better nkkd now then before?
Hey HobbitMan! Great advice about always underestimating your progress and abilities during the recovery. Also, your words of advice about the shower chair solidified what I already had mostly decided - just get one and use it. Glad you’re back on the mend. Appreciate all the journaling. I’m hopeful that I can get one or two more dominos to fall my way at work so I can follow your lead. We’ll see. A few questions for ya: How are you doing with stairs? Is it getting more problematic when doing limited weight bearing as you lengthen? It seems like in the beginning the chances of bending the nail is a lot less even if you weight bear more than you should because the nail has not expanded, but the more length you get the more careful you need to be. Do you agree? Seems to make sense mechanically, but from a human behavior angle it must be hard to be more careful as you reach the destination. I could totally see myself or most wanting to do more and more as time goes by and in hopes of progressing so the process can be completed as soon as possible. Any thoughts on that? How’s the flexibility? You were pretty flexible before you began, but I am wondering how things are now even with all the stretching and rehab you’re doing. Any insight on tips to max good consolidation other than standing and limited weight bearing as much as practicable along the way? It seems to me that doing both as much as can be safely done is key. Have you found a good PT back home? And are they more helpful than harmful given their relative inexperience with your CLL rehab? Or do you think you are accomplishing most of your progress just on your own doing self PT? I’m sure it is probably not an either or situation. Any pool or acquatic therapy yet? For Precice, that seems like a very good option. Sorry to pepper ya with questions. Obviously, answer if and/or what you want. Hope you’re doing well and stay strong! 💪. You’re like almost there and sounds like already in the 6ft club! Congrats! 😆
Hey buddy, sorry to hear about the accident and glad to know that you came out of it with Dr. D's help. Hang in there bud, almost there. Onwards and upwards.
Hey guys, haven’t forgotten about you all or the diary but don’t have the time today to answer all these questions right now. Plan to this weekend though!
How yu doing bruv
Been very busy and I want to answer those questions, just been keeping myself busy in the home stretch, so to speak. I’m at about 6.5cm now and it’s getting a bit tight, but manageable. I may be slowing down based upon upcoming XRays, as long as early consolidation is not an issue.
But otherwise doing well! Range of motion still similar to when I was at 1.5cm, which is a bit amazing. I measure over 182 during the day now.
Hey HobbitMan - good to hear from you; focus on finishing this up Brodie that’s what’s most important! And you’ve got enough homework already with your lengthening and normal life 😆…Almost there!! Sounds like things are going well/better after the hiccup, which is good to hear. Especially the ROM - that’s fantastic. Stay strong 💪💪
Awesome journey so far brother! Thanks for sharing your tips and journey.
Congrats. Are you able to walk unassisted or do you still need a walker.
Thanks everyone!
Slowing down the journal only because nothing changes day to day now. I’m nearly 7cm in and things are still going fine. Had some issues with knee extension but blasting hamstring exercises to the point my legs fell asleep actually fixed it and i get a straight knee extension again. I’m over 6’ most of the day now and I feel very tall. I’m going to max out the nail because things are going fine.
Biggest surprise is that my femurs look more normal than my original mock-ups. Only sitting down sideways in front of a mirror do they look long at all. With pants on in particular I look much better proportioned than before. I had a very good wingspan and frame going into this so I look really normal at 6 feet tall now. I think anyone who starts at 5’8” or over simply shouldn’t worry about proportions. The change in size is so comparatively small that unless you have major scoliosis and a very short torso you will look normal after. My silhouette is very model like now, in the sense that I have pleasingly but not freakishly long legs. However the change is very subtle.
X Rays are perfect, I started with a vitamin d surplus going into this so I actually haven’t been taking supplements in fear of too much bone growth. The second I’m finished lengthening I’ll be taking the megadose vitamin d pills twice a week to speed it up. I’ve stopped losing weight by eating much more and have been static at about 160lbs. My BMI has dropped about 2-3 points though because of height gain and weight loss. I’m lower end of normal BMI now.
So far I do recommend this surgery to anyone in good mental and physical health who has the requisite income, a support system, and will be happy with their height after one surgery only. Anyone who thinks they’ll do two surgeries is delusional, unless they’re very very short, like 5’5” and under in the west, beforehand. Then you might have the resolve to do this twice. For me, I see this as a good use of COVID work from home time, but since that won’t happen again, I won’t be doing this surgery again.
I’ve picked up some hobbies again since lengthening and have become a lot better at them. I do my hobbies in bed about 8 hours a day. I took some time off work starting this week until consolidation to focus on the hardest and final centimeter.
Also I tell people around me I am 6’1” and they either believe me or say I might be even taller. It’s easy to get away with inflating your height when you’re already in the somewhat tall category. Lots of 5’11” people I tower over who are already claiming 6’1”.
Quote from: Growing on August 26, 2021, 04:58:53 AMCongrats. Are you able to walk unassisted or do you still need a walker.
Still on a walker. Not fully lengthened yet so I have to wait for that to end and then whatever time it takes for consolidation
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